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Ali Abdullah Saleh

Personal data
Date of birth21 March 1942(age 74)
Place of birthAl-Ahmar, North Yemen
(now Yemen)
Political partyGeneral People's Congress
SpouseAsama Saleh
ReligionZaidiyyah
President of Yemen
Assumed office22 May 1990*
PresidentAli Salim al-Beidh
Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi
Prime ministerHaidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
Muhammad Said al-Attar
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
Faraj Said Bin Ghanem
Abd al-Karim al-Iryani
Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Ali Muhammad Mujawar
Vice PresidentAli Salim al-Beidh
Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi
Preceded byHimself (North Yemen)
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (South Yemen)
President of North Yemen
In office18 July 1978 - 22 May 1990
Prime ministerAbdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
Abd al-Karim al-Iryani
Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
Succeeded byHimself (Yemen)
Preceded byAbdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi
Vice President of North Yemen
In office24 June 1978 - 18 July 1978
PresidentAbdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Preceded byAbdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi

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Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh ( ; born 21 March 1942) is the first President of the Republic of Yemen. Saleh previously served as President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 1978 until 1990, at which time he assumed the office of chairman of the Presidential Council of a post-unification Yemen. He is the longest-serving president of Yemen, ruling since 1978.


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